The hillfort is very unusual in that the ramparts enclose two hills and the intervening valley. Bowden speculates that the spring within the valley "enhance[s] the position of the hillfort as a site of symbolic value".[3]
The rampart and ditch were built around 390 BC and it is thought that the settlement was occupied by 1500 people until it was destroyed by fire in AD 48.[2]
^Smart, Mike (2009). Malvern Hills. Frances Lincoln Ltd. p. 19. ISBN0-7112-2915-5.
^ abChildren, George; Nash, George (1994). Prehistoric Sites of Herefordshire. Logaston Press. ISBN1-873827-09-1.
^Bowden, Mark; Field, David; Winton, Helen (2005). The Malvern Hills: an ancient landscape. English Heritage. ISBN1-873592-82-5.
^Devereaux, Paul; Thomson, Ian (1979). The ley hunter's companion: aligned ancient sites : a new study with field guide and maps. Thames and Hudson. p. 154. ISBN0-500-01208-3.
Further reading
Bowden, Mark; Field, David; Winton, Helen (2005). The Malvern Hills: an ancient landscape. English Heritage. ISBN1-873592-82-5.
Children, George; Nash, George (1994). Prehistoric Sites of Herefordshire. Logaston Press. ISBN1-873827-09-1.